Mebby then I'll talk to ye." Joe stamped back into the house, slamming the door behind her, and the Overland Riders lost themselves in gales of laughter, galloping their horses on beyond the house so that Joe might not hear.

Tom followed along slowly, considerably crestfallen.
"Tom Gray, you surely have distinguished yourself," declared Anne Nesbit.
"My Hippy couldn't have done worse," added Nora.
"It gives me a pain in my back just to look at her," averred Elfroda.
"Listening to her is worse." "I shan't listen at all.

Thank goodness I have the voices of nature to listen to," observed Emma.
"Girls, I admit that I have made a mess of it.

I suppose we can go on without a guide, but really it is not wise for you girls, inexperienced as you are in woodcraft, to venture into the Big Woods." "I do not agree with you folks," interjected Grace.

"That woman is sharp-tongued, but she is a sturdy and dependable character.